Friday is the last big day of Spring Festival celebrations, at least as far as Beijing is concerned, so get out there and temple fair and firework with the best of them.

For Beijingers, attending a miaohui (temple fair) comes second only to the family reunion dinner when it comes to Chinese New Year observances. Though miaohui started taking shape as early as the Wei dynasty (220-264 AD), the temple fair as we know it dates in earnest from the Tang era (618-907 AD). See our full list of fairs here.

As previously noted, the sale and use of fireworks is limited this year, and Friday is the last day they will be on sale. Here's a list of places where they can be bought. However, you can still fire away until February 22. Here's the full list of regulations regarding where and when they may be used. Actually, it's the same list.

For those of you not interested in temple fairs or pyrotechnics, see our Events section for a whole bunch of other stuff to do.

Photo: Visit Beijing

By: Steven Schwankert(thebeijinger)